Chimpanzees bear genetic adaptations that help them thrive in their different forest and savannah habitats. Some of the adaptations may protect against malaria.

New research out of the Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior finds that female bonobos team up to keep male bonobos in ...

The Max Planck Society offers bundled postdoc positions to interested top talents. Applications are possible between 1 April and 13 May 2025. With the program’s first call for applications launching ...

Nature has developed a unique structure as a scaffold for almost all nerve cells: the membrane-associated periodic skeleton ...

Proteins are the molecular building blocks and engines of the cell, and are involved in practically all life processes. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry investigate the ...

Shocking DNA findings pulled from two mummies discovered in Northern Africa may rewrite the family tree of human history.

To study this history, population geneticist Harald Ringbauer at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in ...

Highly charged heavy ions form a very suitable experimental field for investigating quantum electrodynamics (QED), the best-tested theory in physics describing all electrical and magnetic ...

A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany has developed a process to manufacture foie gras, a delicacy often associated with concerns over force-feeding of ...